Cinema at the Centre

Starts: Wednesday, July 22 6:30 PM

Ends: Wednesday, July 22 6:30 PM

Since 2004, Cinema at the Centre has shown a wide array of independent, foreign and classic films. Join us in our cozy theatre for a season of exciting and diverse flicks.

PROJECT NIM

Wednesday, July 8| 6:30 pm

From the team behind Man On Wire, the story of a chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

UK/USA, 2011, 93 minutes, rated 14A

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TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT

Wednesday, July 15| 6:30 pm

Sandra (Marion Cotillard) has just been released from the hospital to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can hope to regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. Now, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes before time runs out.

France, 2014, 95 minutes, rated PG

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BLUE RUIN

Wednesday, June 22| 6:30 pm

This intriguing thriller follows a mysterious outsider whose quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

USA, 2013, 90 minutes, rated 14A

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MAPS TO THE STARS

This dark comedy follows a wealthy Hollywood family rife with toxic behavior and decadence. A self-help author and his wife juggle the career of their 13 year old son who just finished a stint in rehab, while their daughter lands a job as the personal assistant of a troubled actress. Their journeys collectively expose the fast and easy descent into the ugly cocktail of fame and human nature. Directed by David Cronenberg and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowski and John Cusack.

USA/Canada, 2014, 111 min, rated 18A

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